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Environment

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All living and non living things around an organism

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Adaptation

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Is a structure of behavior that allows a species to survive

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Species

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All members of a population

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Community

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Organisms that live together in an ecosystem

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Biotic

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Living things

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Abiotic

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Nonliving

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Niche

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Is a role in each species plays in its community

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Ecosystem

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An area in which living and non living things interact.

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population

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Different kinds of organisms

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Habitat

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Is a place where an organism lives

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Biome

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A large community of plants and animals that lives in a region.

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Taiga

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The swampy forest of high northern latitudes.

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Deciduous Forest

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A forest of trees that seasonally shed their leaves.

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Rainforest

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A tropical forest of tall broad leaved trees in an area of high rainfall.

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Grasslands

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Land with grass growing on it.

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Desert

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An area where few forms of life exist because of the lack of water.

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Tundra

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A treeless plain or the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.

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Food chain

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The process by which a food is grown,sold and eaten

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Food web

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What eats what in a ecological community